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FILM REVIEW: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (15) ESP RATING: 5/5
Let me say it right off the bat – this is a perfect five-star movie! I don’t throw out a score like that lightly, but the latest film...

ESP Online
Oct 2, 20252 min read


DAVID RODIGAN LIVE IN PETERBOROUGH
BBC radio legend David Rodigan MBE is to perform live in Peterborough later this month. For over 40 years David Rodigan has been the top...

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Oct 1, 20251 min read


FILM REVIEW: A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY (15) ESP RATING: 2.5/5
Big and bold in ambition – but not always in its execution. Some films wear their intentions proudly on their sleeve, and A Big Bold...

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Sep 26, 20252 min read


FILM REVIEW: DOWNTON ABBEY – THE GRAND FINALE (PG) ESP RATING: 4/5
More of the same – and that’s exactly why it works. There’s something wonderfully soothing about returning to Downton Abbey. The Grand...

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Sep 18, 20252 min read


FILM REVIEW: THE LONG WALK (15) ESP RATING: 4.5/5
Weapons was arguably my favourite movie of the year so far – well this walks it very close. This emotional drama-thriller based on...
Gavin Miller
Sep 17, 20252 min read


THE CRESSET PANTO IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTY!
The theatre’s revealed the celebrity cast for this year’s panto Beauty & the Beast – another wonderful family show by Stuart Morrison’s...

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Sep 17, 20252 min read


FILM REVIEW: THE CONJURING – LAST RITES (15) ESP RATING: 4/5
A fitting farewell that dares to take it slow – before it screams! I walked into my screening with low expectations. The chatter online...

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Sep 11, 20252 min read


FILM REVIEW: THE LIFE OF CHUCK (15) ESP RATING: 4/5
A confusing, comforting surprise. Tom Hiddleston recently admitted in an interview that The Life of Chuck is ‘a confusing film to...

ESP Online
Aug 27, 20253 min read


NORTHERN SOUL AND MOTOWN NIGHT
Peterborough, get your dancing shoes ready. On Saturday September 6 , the city will once again feel the irresistible pull of Motown and...

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Aug 27, 20252 min read


FILM REVIEW: NOBODY 2 (15) ESP RATING: 3.5/5
This fits the expected sequel formula – even though there’s still plenty of fun to be had . Just like with many actioners, from John Wick...
Gavin Miller
Aug 25, 20252 min read


FILM REVIEW: TOGETHER (15) ESP RATING: 4/5
A slow-burning, body-melding horror that’ll either haunt you – or totally lose you! Together is one of those rare horror films that goes...

ESP Online
Aug 25, 20252 min read


FILM REVIEW: WEAPONS (18) ESP RATING: 4.5/5
This is without doubt one of the best movies of the year so far. Weapons fires off a truly inventive horror – as the director of 2022’s...
Gavin Miller
Aug 13, 20252 min read


FILM REVIEW: THE NAKED GUN (15) ESP RATING: 3.5/5
This reimaging of the iconic franchise is better than it had any right to be. Nearly forty years after the legendary original Leslie...
Gavin Miller
Aug 6, 20252 min read


FILM REVIEW: THE FANTASTIC FOUR – FIRST STEPS (12A)ESP RATING: 4/5
Marvel’s First Family could just have provided the course correction that the franchise’s cinematic universe so sorely needed. It...
Gavin Miller
Jul 30, 20253 min read


FILM REVIEW: SMURFS (U) ESP RATING: 2/5
A tale of two viewers – one unenthused grown-up and one gleeful six-year-old. Ask me and my son what we thought of the latest Smurfs...

ESP Online
Jul 26, 20252 min read


FILM REVIEW: I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (15) ESP RATING: 2/5
The recent Scream semi-reboots showed that you can successfully reignite an iconic horror franchise – but this sadly doesn’t know what...
Gavin Miller
Jul 26, 20252 min read


FILM REVIEW: SUPERMAN (12A) ESP RATING: 3/5
This modern reinvention of Superman throws a lot of imaginative things at the wall – some stick, some don’t. With the bits that stick,...
Gavin Miller
Jul 20, 20253 min read


FILM REVIEW: JURASSIC WORLD – REBIRTH (12A) ESP RATING: 3/5
The appetite for dinosaurs shows no signs of abating – if the opening weekend is anything to go by – with this solid summer blockbuster...
Gavin Miller
Jul 12, 20252 min read


OUTDOOR THEATRE AT TOLETHORPE
The summer season is underway and Tolethorpe Hall has reopened its unique woodland stage for another season of alfresco theatre just...

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Jul 3, 20252 min read


FILM REVIEW: F1 – THE MOVIE (12A) ESP RATING: 3.5/5
This mega-budgeted F1 movie is Days of Thunder for the modern generation – which is no bad thing for a summer blockbuster. Some of the...
Gavin Miller
Jul 3, 20253 min read
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